Where does “tirai” come from?
tirai (Iban) comes from Malay tirai, from Tamil திரை, from Sanskrit तिरस्, from Proto-Indo-Iranian tr̥Hás, from Proto-Indo-European tr̥h₂-ó-s, from Proto-Indo-European terh₂- — to cross over, pass through, overcome.
tirai (Iban): curtain
Definitions
- curtain
Ancestry of “tirai”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Malay | tirai | curtain, esp. of a screening or partitioning kind |
| 2 | Tamil | திரை | to become wrinkled, as skin by age; be wrinked, creased, as cloth |
| 3 | Sanskrit | तिरस् | through |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | tr̥Hás | through |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | tr̥h₂-ó-s | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | terh₂- | to cross over, pass through, overcome |